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Ruling for KC charter school due by Monday

Published On: Jul 27 2013 12:48:52 AM CDT

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. -

A judge has announced plans to rule by Monday on a Kansas City charter school's bid to stay open.

Lawyers for Gordon Parks Elementary made their case Thursday and Friday in Cole County Circuit Court for a permanent injunction. A temporary injunction had allowed it to stay open through the end of classes in late June.

Missouri education officials voted in May to pull the school's charter because of poor academic performance. The loss of the charter means a loss of state funding.

School officials say their children are making progress even though many live in poverty. Gordon Parks Board President Doug Curry says the state "stacked the deck against Gordon Parks from the start."

Gordon Parks had about 240 students in kindergarten through fifth grade.

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